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A bit of September 17th history…
1683 - Dutch scientist, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is the 1st to report the existence of bacteria
1787 - The US Constitution is signed by delegates at the Philadelphia Convention
1849 - Harriet Tubman 1st escapes slavery in Maryland with 2 of her brothers (pictured)
1862 - Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in the American Civil War: 22,000 dead, wounded, or missing in the 1st battle on Union soil
1920 - National Football League (NFL) is born in Canton, Ohio
1962 - Justice Department files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools
1976 - NASA publicly unveils space shuttle Enterprise in CA; named after Star Trek Enterprise
1978 - Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, and Jimmy Carter sign the Camp David Accords, frameworks for peace in the Middle East and between Egypt and Israel
1991 - 1st version of Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the internet
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